The Supreme Court will hear on Wednesday a plea by Malayalam actress Priya Prakash Varrier, seeking quashing of a spate of complaints and an FIR registered against her and Omar Lulu, the director of Malayalam film Oru Adaar Love, for allegedly hurting the sentiments of the Muslim community.

A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice DY Chandrachud agreed on Tuesday to hear the plea by the teenage actress, who stars in the film Oru Addar Love. The song Manikya Malaraya Poovi, that went viral last week as the 'wink song', has come under fire for 'hurting Muslim sentiments'.

Varrier's lawyer Harris Beeran told the bench that the actress has moved the court seeking the quashing of the FIR and four complaints filed against her and her filmmaker in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, respectively.

Later, speaking to reporters, Beeran said that the song has been there for the last four decades and there has been no complaint in Kerala, but an FIR was filed in Andhra Pradesh and four complaints in Maharashtra.

In their petition to the Supreme Court, Priya and Omar wrote, "In their petition to the Supreme Court, Priya and Omar have written, "The criminal complaints have been instituted by various fringe groups based on a distorted and incorrect interpretation of the Song in the states of Telangana, Maharashtra and similar complaints are likely from other non Malayalam speaking states as well."

"The entire controversy which has resulted in the filing of various criminal complaints and one FIR arises from the lyrics of the song "Manikya Malaraya Poovi" which is a Mappila Song, or a traditional Muslim Song from the Malabar region of Kerala. The song describes and praises the love between the Prophet Mohamed and his first wife Khadeeja," read the petition.

"What is hard to fathom is that a song which has been in existence for the past 40 years, which was written, sung and cherished by the Muslim Community in Kerala is now being treated as an insult to the Prophet and his wife. It is submitted that a song, which has existed for more than 40 years and which has been cherished by more than 1 Crore Muslim population of Kerala cannot suddenly offend the religious sentiment of the Muslim Community (sic)," Priya and Omar wrote to the Supreme Court.

The director had earlier been quoted as saying that he would not remove the song from the film Oru Adaar Love since he believed that there was nothing wrong with it.